Registered Nurse - Hospice RN Support (Nights

Night Triage Registered Nurse (RN)

The Night Triage Registered Nurse (RN) provides expert telephone triage, clinical assessment, and care coordination for hospice patients and families during overnight hours. This role is responsible for responding to after-hours patient and caregiver calls, assessing symptoms, providing interventions and education, coordinating visits, completing visit when needed, and ensuring timely access to support 24 hours a day. This role supports multiple hospice service lines and requires strong clinical judgment and communication skills.

Step into a meaningful role within our Hospice Care Team as a Registered Nurse dedicated to supporting patients and families during some of life's most vulnerable moments. You'll serve as a trusted resource for nurses, physicians, caregivers, and loved ones, helping maintain comfort, dignity, and continuity of care.

This opportunity is ideal for someone who is compassionate and confident working independently in a field-based or home?care setting. A passion for supporting colleagues, providing calm reassurance, and upholding the highest standards of patient-centered care will make you an invaluable part of our hospice mission.

Location: Hospice of Cincinnati - Requires travel. This position involves driving to patient's location. Doing SIA visits for our Hospice patients. SIA refers to Service Intensity Add-on visits, which are additional visits provided during the last seven days of a patient's life. These visits are intended to provide more intensive and focused care during the final stages of life.

Full Time - 36 hours weekly

Night Shift 4pm-12am

Incentives & Benefits: We offer competitive shift differentials, opportunities for professional growth, and a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, paid time off, retirement savings plans, and tuition reimbursement.

This position applies the nursing process in providing direct and indirect holistic care to patients and their families. The position also collaborates, in a collegial manner, with physicians and other health care team members in meeting the patient's needs. This position may delegate certain aspects of care to those under their direct supervision, within the scope of nursing practice.

Associate's Degree or Diploma in Nursing (Required)

Up to 1 year Clinical in Nursing (Required)

Knowledge, judgment, and skills derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex health care needs at various stages of the life cycle

Registered Nurse Required Basic Life Support (BLS) Required

Documents ongoing assessment per unit/TriHealth guidelines. Communicates assessment findings to other health care providers as appropriate. Includes health counseling and health teaching needs in assessment. Plans care for patient and family based on assessment, standards of care, and optimal specific outcomes. Initiates and individualizes appropriate patient care guidelines/plan of care or clinical pathways. Updates current plan of care as needed based on patient/family input and healthcare needs. Develops both short and long term goals with patient/family and healthcare team including discharge planning. Communicates plan of care to others. Provides a safe, therapeutic environment, maintains patient's autonomy, dignity, and rights, and is sensitive to patient diversity. Seeks resources to help form ethical decisions. Balances patient's needs and those of the unit/facility. Recognizes emergency situations and takes appropriate action. Bases interventions on clinical data and desired outcomes and documents accordingly. Effectively communicates information relative to surgical cases. Carries out physician orders. Evaluates the plan of care for patient based on optimal specific patient outcomes. Documents the patient/family response to care including teaching. Collaborates with the patient/family and with other members of the health care team, including physicians, to revise plan of care as needed. Supervises the care that was delegated to other health care team members. Performs technical skills according to policy and procedure and accepted standards within their area of practice. Uses all equipment in a safe, appropriate manner. Maintains awareness of ongoing continuous improvement changes and supports changes through active participation.

The TriHealth Nursing Vision, Mission, and Philosophy speaks to professional development, collaboration, and our nursing culture. To achieve excellence in nursing care, TriHealth encourages: pursuit of improved knowledge through continuing education classes, formal education leading to advanced degrees, and the attainment of specialty certification; nurse membership in local, regional, and national nursing organizations related to the appropriate nurse specialty; involvement in activities that better the health of our community; nursing research activities and use of evidence-based practice, and all nurses to foster, support, and personally model collaborative relationships amongst nurses, physicians, and other caregivers for the betterment of patient care.

At TriHealth, we believe there is no responsibility more important than to SERVE our patients, our communities, and our fellow team members. Refrain from using cell phones for personal reasons in public spaces or patient care areas

Excel: ALWAYS...

Recognize and take personal responsibility to address and recover from service breakdowns when a customer's expectations have not been met

Work on improving quality, safety, and service

Respect cultural and spiritual differences and honor individual preferences.

Be a good steward of our resources, using supplies and equipment efficiently and effectively, and will look for ways to avoid waste.

Show courtesy and compassion with customers, team members and the community